In the play Macbeth by Shakespeare, on page 147, the important truth of the play leaks out through Macbeth’s lines. In this one lucid moment, Macbeth realizes that life isn’t worth living without his wife, and he realizes he has gone through a metamorphosis into a power-hungry monster, both caused by his lust for power. The speech illustrates that power will always lead a man astray.

In his hunt for power, Macbeth has indefinitely ended the lives of at least 4 people. Creating a blood stain on his conscience that he will never be able to rid himself of. But, these deaths have hardened and changed him. He has become immunte to the disgust and fear that comes along with gore. There was a time when “To hear a night-shriek and my fellof hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir as life were in’t” (A5 S5 L11-13). This refers to before he murdered Duncan, where both he and Lady Macbeth were afraid of a night-shriek, or an owl. She cried “Hark, peace! It was the owl that shrieked” (A2 S2 L2-3). But now, after his drive for power is coming to an end, he realizes how much power has changed his family.

In Macbeth’s small speech on 147, he is saying that time moves quickly and that life is short. He says “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day...Out, out, brief candle” (A5 S5 L 18-19, 22). This line uses both a metaphor and personification, by saying that tomorrow creeps, he is saying that one thinks they have all the time in the world, but before one knows it, their time is up. He continues on to use the metaphor ‘brief candle’, he is comparing candle with a short wick to the lifespan of a human, who just burns it away. At the end of this speech, he says “It is a tale told by an idiot...signifying nothing” (A5 S5 L26-27). At that point, is when he is finally saying life is nothing, it has no meaning. The reader sees here that he has fallen so far from the beginning of the...

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...honesty, to a man of whom is power hungry and greedy. This shows how the more power you receive the more power you want; which in many cases, such as this one leads to destruction. Many of the choices that Macbeth made were influenced by the power that he had, and this power began to take over him. This then lead to greed and destruction of not only others, but himself as well.
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...Power is represented through a number of characters in this play. One of which would clearly be Macbeth himself. With relevance to the character Macbeth, power could be seen as his hamartia (meaning fatal flaw) or more likely, the lust and in his own words, the “vaulting ambition” for it. For the period of time in which he held utmost power over the people of Scotland, before his death, Shakespeare makes it very clear that Macbeth did not enjoy a single bit of his power.
“To be this is nothing,
But to be safely thus” Act III Scene I
Back in the Elizabethan era, regicide was seen not only seen to be treason but also a sin against God, for the King was said to be ‘God’s anointed’. Macbeth would have clearly understood this fact, and though he had attempted to back out of the plan before, the persuasion of his wife in addition to his burning desire for power led him to knowingly defy God, which would have been a big issue at that time, and to carry through his plan of assassination, knowing that if he were to die, he would be headed straight to hell. Shakespeare very successfully portrays power to be such an important and significant element to hold, through the characterisation of Macbeth and at the same time reveals just how destructive and catastrophic its effects can be, if it is not made use of properly. Macbeth had used his power for wrongdoing and comes to...

...MACBETH'SPOWER
Throughout the acts, there are drastic changes that we perceive from Macbeth, power as being the strongest one. The impression that is given at the beginning of the play based on the captain's report of Macbeth is that he is a noble and courageous man. Macbeth and Banquo, both commanders of the Scottish army, have a strong relationship between one another, however this is soon changed when both of them meet the witches who give them both prophecies of who will be the Thane of Cawdor in the near future.
The prophecies that the witches told both Macbeth and Banquo had a great amount of impact, especially on Macbeth. 'Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more' Macbeth's first response shows that he is intrigued by what the witches have just told him. This emphasises his ruthless ambition for power. There is a contrast seen in how Macbeth should react to the scenario and how he does react to it. As a loyal man, he should of dismissed the pointless words of the witches instead he struggles with what is going on in his mind.
When the prophecies that the witches made came true, Macbeth becomes confused and questions himself about what the witches had said. This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, why hath it given me earnest of success, commencing in a truth?' He then considers that talking with the witches wouldn't be as bad, after all their first predicament...

...wants, they’ll only want it more. This turns into an obsession and all such obsessions end badly.
Summer going into college, I met a boy — so begins every hopeless love story. The more I got to know him, the more I liked him. The more I liked him, the more I wanted to spend time with him. Fortunately, he felt the same way about me times 50. He was going through a rough patch in his life, and because I have a thing for damaged goods (they make me feel less crazy), I look like the beacon of light in a dark rough, sea of isolation. He offered his heart to me on a silver platter. Everything he could do for me, he would. I was his princess, which was something I had never experienced.
For some time I wanted him in my life, but as I started college I wanted my independence. His previous physo bitch of an ex didn’t understand the term independence. His past needy, fucked up relationship was at the opposite spectrum of ours. He clang to me the only way he knew how… as a puppy. The problem was, the sex was incredible. What a needy, cute, fuckable, puppy he was. It was so good that although I didn’t want to date him, I couldn’t let him go, either. Although I didn’t always want him, I didn’t want anyone else to have him. He was mine and I was his, but everytime I fucked up he was willing to forgive me. His compacitly for loving me was endless. In the meantime, I had managed to fall for him. And so this began my obsession...

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My mother was extremely over protective with me when I was growing up to the point of an obsession. I was born a twin and my brother died at birth due to complications that is when my mother’s overprotective obsession began. As far back as I can remember I was never allowed off the front porch. I remember being around 5 years old and would love to run through the living room through what seemed to be the longest hallway with wood floors to the front door. Usually the door would be open and the screen door was easy to open. I would open the screen and stand on the front porch and look at the green grass and white fence and I would look at the bright blue sky. My mother would quickly come get me and tell me not to ever leave the front porch.
My mother continued to be overprotective in my adolescent years also. In junior high, I was about 13 or 14 years old my mother would not let me spend the night at my friend’s house. After school a lot of the girls would go to each other’s house and spend the night. I did not spend the night anywhere except with my mother at our house. I had friends spend the night at my house, but never anywhere else not even my grandmas. My mother always had a warmed cooked meal ready at dinner time. Then it was bath time, story time, and bed. My mother was so obsessed with my safety that she would leave the hallway light on and my bedroom door always had to remain open. It even went to as far as she would make...

...Sheila McClure
ENG103
June 1, 2012
Literary Research Paper
Obsession with Wealth and Power
The exploitation of the weak and the poor by the strong and rich, as well as an obsession with material possessions is a common theme found in Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House”. Karl Marx states that “the ruling ideas are nothing more than the ideal expression of the dominant material relationships, the dominant relationships grasped as ideas” (Marx). These ideas are realized throughout “A Doll’s House”. The main characters in are all affected by the lack or acquisition of money, and their entire lives and ways of thinking are based upon it. The belief that human thought is a “product of the individual’s social and economic condition is one of the primary tenets of Marxism” (Holcombe 1259) and “that the weak or less fortunate are always exploited by the richer bourgeoisie” (1259). With this in mind, much of the play is flooded with this Marxist theme and can be seen from each of the main character’s perspectives.
Marxism has to do with the unequal division of wealth and power in society, where the subordinates of society are kept powerless and dependent upon the higher classes. “A Doll’s House” portrays the stubborn class pride of saving face and preserving one’s reputation. Nora, Krogstad, Christine and Anne-Marie, are depicted as the lower class or oppressed, while Torvald the banker, is a beacon of...

...At this time, many people have been aware about advantages of nuclear power that can mitigate global warming impact but they don’t notice the disadvantages of nuclear power. The advantages of nuclear power are the emission of green house is relatively low, this technology is readily available, it can produce high amount of electrical energy. Whereas the disadvantage are the problem of radioactive waste, high risk, not renewable energy, not sustainable energy, etc. From the above explanation, nuclear energy can’t be a solution to any problem especially in energy crisis problem. I have a different idea with the writer that nuclear energy can’t be a solution to any problem, in my opinion nuclear energy can solve many problem of energy crisis.
Firstly, increasing population and the reserve of global energy that is decreased. In 2011, the earth is habited by 6 billion people. Based on data from United Nations Long-Range World Population Projections, the world population in 2015 will increase to 7.2 billion, in 2025 rose to nearly 8 billion people and will become 9.3 billion in 2050. Rapid world population growth will result in a depreciation of non-renewable natural resources too quickly. This is because to supply world energy needs, in which the global primary energy demand reaches 87% and electricity by 63%, derived from fossil fuels. Therefore crude oil with a capacity that is available globally amounted to 1195 billion barrels,...

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1. Regarding the theories of power examined in Week 2, which one do you think is most relevant to explain power-related phenomena in contemporary organisations? Explain why you find this particular theory relevant and illustrate with examples.
Michael Foucault was a...